Internet Draft

Network Working Group                                          Dave Katz
Internet Draft                                    Juniper Networks, Inc.
Expiration Date: October 1999                                Derek Yeung
                                                     Cisco Systems, Inc.

                 Traffic Engineering Extensions to OSPF

                  draft-katz-yeung-ospf-traffic-00.txt

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Abstract

   This document describes extensions to the OSPF protocol to support
   Traffic Engineering, using opaque LSAs.

1. Introduction

   This document specifies a method of adding traffic engineering
   capabilities to OSPF [1].  The architecture of traffic engineering is
   described in [2].  The semantic content of the extensions is
   essentially identical to the corresponding extensions to IS-IS [3].
   It is expected that the traffic engineering extensions to OSPF will
   continue to mirror those in IS-IS.

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   The extensions provide a way of describing the traffic engineering
   topology (including bandwidth and administrative constraints).  This
   topology does not necessarily match the regular routed topology,
   though this proposal depends on Network LSAs to describe multiaccess
   links.

2.  LSA Format

2.1  LSA type

   As the baseline OSPF Router LSA is essentially non-extensible, this
   extension makes use of the Opaque LSA [4].  h Three types of Opaque
   LSAs exist, each of which has different flooding scope.  This
   proposal uses only Type 10 LSAs, which have area flooding scope.

   One new LSA is defined, the Traffic Engineering LSA.  This LSA
   describes routers and point-to-point links (similar to a Router LSA).
   For traffic engineering purposes, the existing Network LSA suffices
   for describing multiaccess links, so no additional LSA is defined for
   this purpose.

2.2  LSA ID

   The LSA ID of an Opaque LSA is defined as having eight bits of type
   and 24 bits of type-specific data.  The Traffic Engineering LSA uses
   type (TBD).  The remaining 24 bits are broken up into eight bits of
   reserved space (which must be zero) and sixteen bits of instance:

      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |      TBD      |    Reserved   |           Instance            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The Instance field is an arbitrary value used to maintain multiple
   Traffic Engineering LSAs.  A maximum of 65536 Traffic Engineering
   LSAs may be sourced by a single system.  The LSA ID has no
   topological significance.

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2.3  LSA Format Overview

2.3.1  LSA Header

   The Traffic Engineering LSA starts with the standard LSA header:

      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |            LS age             |    Options    |      10       |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |      TBD      |    Reserved   |           Instance            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                     Advertising Router                        |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                     LS sequence number                        |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         LS checksum           |             length            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

2.3.2  TLV Header

   The LSA payload consists of one or more nested Type/Length/Value
   (TLV) triplets for extensibility.  The format of each TLV is:

      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |              Type             |             length            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                            Value...                           |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The length field defines the length of the value portion in bytes
   (thus a TLV with no value portion would have a length of zero).  The
   TLV is padded to four-byte alignment;  padding is not included in the
   length field (so a three byte value would have a length of three, but
   the total size of the TLV would be eight bytes).  Unrecognized types
   are ignored.

2.4  LSA payload details

   An LSA contains one or more top-level TLVs.  As it is desirable for
   LSAs to be small, most LSAs will contain only a single top-level TLV.
   However, implementations MUST be able to accept an arbitrary number
   of TLVs in each LSA.

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   There are two top-level TLVs defined:

     1 - Router Address
     2 - Link

2.4.1  Router Address TLV

   The Router Address TLV specifies a stable IP address of the
   advertising router that is always reachable if there is any
   connectivity to it.  This is typically implemented as a "loopback
   address";  the key attribute is that the address does not become
   unusable if an interface is down.  In other protocols this is known
   as the "router ID," but for obvious reasons this nomenclature is
   avoided here.

   This TLV has a length of 4, and the value is the four octet IP
   address.  It must appear in exactly one Traffic Engineering LSA
   originated by a router.

2.4.2  Link TLV

   The Link TLV describes a single link.  It is constructed of a set of
   sub-TLVs.  There are no ordering requirements for the sub-TLVs.

   Only one Link TLV shall be carried in each LSA, allowing for fine
   granularity changes in topology.

   Only numbered links are described, as traffic engineering is not
   supported on unnumbered links.

   The following sub-TLVs are defined:

     1 - Link type (1 octet)
     2 - Link ID (4 octets)
     3 - Local interface IP address (4 octets)
     4 - Remote interface IP address (4 octets)
     5 - Traffic engineering metric (4 octets)
     6 - Maximum bandwidth (4 octets)
     7 - Maximum reservable bandwidth (4 octets)
     8 - Unreserved bandwidth (32 octets)
     9 - Resource class/color (4 octets)

   Each sub-TLV may occur only once.  Unrecognized types are ignored.
   All of the defined sub-TLVs are mandatory (though future sub-TLVs may
   not necessarily be mandatory.)

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2.5  Sub-TLV Details

2.5.1  Link Type

   The Link Type sub-TLV defines the type of the link:

       1 - Point-to-point
       2 - Multiaccess

   The Link Type sub-TLV is TLV type 1, and is one octet in length.

2.5.2  Link ID

   The Link ID sub-TLV identifies the other end of the link.  For point-
   to-point links, this is the Router ID of the neighbor.  For
   multiaccess links, this is the interface address of the designated
   router.  The Link ID is identical to the contents of the Link ID
   field in the Router LSA for these link types.

   The Link ID sub-TLV is TLV type 2, and is four octets in length.

2.5.3  Local Interface IP Address

   The Local Interface IP Address sub-TLV specifies the IP address of
   the interface corresponding to this link.  Note that at the moment,
   only numbered point-to-point links are supported for traffic
   engineering.

   The Local Interface IP Address sub-TLV is TLV type 3, and is four
   octets in length.

2.5.4  Remote Interface IP Address

   The Remote Interface IP Address sub-TLV specifies the IP address of
   the neighbor's interface corresponding to this link.  This and the
   local address are used to discern multiple parallel links between
   systems.

   The Remote Interface IP Address sub-TLV is TLV type 4, and is four
   octets in length.

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2.5.5  Traffic Engineering Metric

   The Traffic Engineering Metric sub-TLV specifies the link metric for
   traffic engineering purposes.  This metric may be different than the
   standard OSPF link metric.

   The Traffic Engineering Metric sub-TLV is TLV type 5, and is four
   octets in length.

2.5.6  Maximum Bandwidth

   The Maximum Bandwidth sub-TLV specifies the maximum bandwidth that
   can be used on this link in this direction (from the system
   originating the LSA to its neighbor), in IEEE floating point format.
   This is the true link capacity.  The units are *bytes* per second.

   The Maximum Bandwidth sub-TLV is TLV type 6, and is four octets in
   length.

2.5.7  Maximum Reservable Bandwidth

   The Maximum Reservable Bandwidth sub-TLV specifies the maximum
   bandwidth that may be reserved on this link in this direction, in
   IEEE floating point format.  Note that this may be greater than the
   maximum bandwidth (in which case the link may be oversubscribed).
   The units are bytes per second.

   The Maximum Reservable Bandwidth sub-TLV is TLV type 7, and is four
   octets in length.

2.5.8  Unreserved Bandwidth

   The Unreserved Bandwidth sub-TLV specifies the amount of bandwidth
   not yet reserved at each of the eight priority levels, in IEEE
   floating point format.  Each value will be less than or equal to the
   reservable bandwidth.  The units are bytes per second.

   The Unreserved Bandwidth sub-TLV is TLV type 8, and is 32 octets in
   length.

2.5.9  Resource Class/Color

   The Resource Class/Color sub-TLV specifies administrative group
   membership for this link, in terms of a bit mask.  A link that is a

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   member of multiple groups will have multiple bits set.

   The Resource Class/Color sub-TLV is TLV type 9, and is four octets in
   length.

3.  Elements of Procedure

   Routers shall originate Traffic Engineering LSAs whenever the LSA
   contents change, and whenever otherwise required by OSPF (an LSA
   refresh, for example).

   Upon receipt of a changed Traffic Engineering LSA or Network LSA
   (since these are used in traffic engineering calculations), the
   router should update its traffic engineering database.  No SPF or
   other route calculations are necessary.

4.  Compatibility Issues

   There should be no interoperability issues with routers that do not
   implement these extensions, as the Opaque LSAs will be silently
   ignored.  Note, however, that the DR on a multiaccess network must
   implement Opaque LSAs if any of the systems on that network do; this
   is a requirement of Opaque LSAs that is not spelled out in the
   document.

   The result of having routers that do not implement these extensions
   is that the traffic engineering topology will be missing pieces;
   however, if the topology is connected, TE paths can still be
   calculated and ought to work.

5. Security Considerations

   This document raises no new security issues for OSPF.

6.  References

   [1] Moy, J., "OSPF Version 2", RFC 2328, April 1998.

   [2] Awduche, D., et al, "Requirements for Traffic Engineering Over
       MPLS," draft-ietf-mpls-traffic-eng-00.txt, work in progress.

   [3] Smit, H. and T. Li, "ISIS Extensions for Traffic Engineering,"
       draft-ietf-isis-traffic-00.txt, work in progress.

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   [4] Coltun, R., "The OSPF Opaque LSA Option," RFC 2370, July 1998.

7. Authors' Addresses

   Dave Katz
   Juniper Networks
   385 Ravendale Drive
   Mountain View, CA  94043 USA

   Phone:  +1 650 526 8073
   Email:  dkatz@juniper.net

   Derek M. Yeung
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   210 West Tasman Dr.
   San Jose, CA  95134

   Phone:  +1 408 526 8019
   Email:  myeung@cisco.com

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